Well here we are back in our Bostonian freezer. It was hard to believe today, as I tried to find my way around the Boston mbta system, on my way to children's hospital, for my third rotation, in the 20 F weather, that just yesterday I woke up in the Arizona sunshine. Why did we leave the beautiful weather of the big AZ and the comfort of the loving presence of our families? Well, lets just say I regretted our decision immensely today. But I'm sure I will grow to love this rotation as I have all my other ones. And I am sure I will figure out the most efficient way to get from point A to point B with the least amount of frostbite as possible soon enough. And hopefully I will find time to eat somewhere in my crazy day so I don't come home a mad woman haha.
As for our vacation, couldn't have been better. Well the California part couldn't have been better. There was a lot of sick relatives in Arizona and lets be honest healthy is always better than sick. We took some Christmas mug shots as seen below.
Ellie Belly was an amazing eater on this trip (it must have been the magic high chair). She ate everything and anything that was put in front of her and this is a kid who literally eats like four calories a day. And most of those calories come from chicken nuggets. But this trip she couldn't get enough fruits and vegetables. She seriously downed like 15 cherry tomatoes at a time. I was so proud of my veggie girl. On my most wanted list is an old wooden high chair.
Speaking of good eats, our entire family went out to our favorite restaurant, Fugi's, for dinner one night. Ellie was in love with the fish out front. And boy was that girl hungry. As soon and the food came out, as high as she could scream, she yelled "Nummy, nummy!!" and flew her body at the stove it was being cooked on. I looked like I starve my child haha. She now refers to all food as nummy. It is so cute. It was so fun to spend an evening with the entire family. Too bad Jake and Holli couldn't have been there the whole time.
In Thatcher Ellie became one with nature and constantly wanted to be "outside, outside". She would grab her coat and always be looking for her shoes so she could go outside. She loved her independence and time chasing after Itchy in the winter sunshine. As you can see, no jacket was necessary because the average temp in AZ was probably 75F. It was ah-mazing. She loved being the big cousin and was uncharacteristically mean to her baby cousin Jesse. Lets just say is is great at saying "sobby" now.
For New Years Eve we bought sparklers and played games. This has got to be the most overrated holiday of all time haha. But Ellie loved the sparklers except when she was a little scared of getting too close. Ellie made it to about 11:45 and then conked out. I had to wake Leon up so he would be able to get his first ever New Years Kiss. Of course Ellie beat me out for the coveted honor, but what else is new lol. Don't worry I got one too.
Daddy's first ever New Year's Kiss
Did I forget to mention the 3 on 3 tourny that Leon looks forward to every year? The one that is infamously spoken of in our home as the holy grail of basketball and the one my hubby thinks about six months prior considering how he will finally beat those blasted Carters haha. Well he lost in the semi's...again....to the Carters lol. But we do have a very cute little girl who la la loves to throw balls to her dad on the basketball court. She seriously is nothing less than perfection. It made her dad so happy that she wanted to be his little athlete haha.
All in all we love our families and wish with all our hearts we were closer. Thank you for everything. We love and miss you all already.
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